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NHHA News Digest - September 22, 2017

NHHA News Digest - September 22, 2017

HEAL Community Network Meeting:
· Wednesday, August 16, 2017
· 9:00 am – Noon
· Location: Foundation for Healthy Communities, Room 1

PLEASE RSVP to Beth Gustafson Wheeler by Friday August 11th to [email protected]

Our guest presentation will be: Sugar Sweetened Beverage Initiatives in NH and what it means for local communities
They will be sharing some very interesting results from two recent projects: NH Dept. of Public Health Services Harvard CHOICES Modeling Study on the impact of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in NH (A CHOICES fact sheet is attached for your referral); and the American Heart Association’s junk food marketing and sugary drinks poll. This will be followed by Melissa and Scot informing us of next steps for the projects and what it means for communities. The AHA has some exciting community engagement work coming up which many of you might be interested in hearing more about.

As always, we will have time for community updates as we revisit the Roses, Buds and Thorns exercise. So be sure to bring a success, something “budding” on the horizon, and a “thorny issue” you have been facing that perhaps your colleagues in this group have a solution for!

Please join us!

Hospital Days Hospital Days began in 1924 by community volunteers who planned a day to engage the entire community in support of the Hospital. For years, the celebration fell on a weekday and the entire town shut down to participate in events, see the parade and enjoy the activities.

Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters at the New Hampshire Food Bank is seeking a full-time AmeriCorps member to help make No Kid Hungry a reality.

The Cooking Matters AmeriCorps member will interact with volunteers, meet with community partners, and implement effective hands-on courses teaching families at risk of hunger that healthy cooking can be delicious, enjoyable-and most important-affordable.

For more information or to submit your resume with a motivational statement about why you’d like to work for Cooking Matters, contact Alexis Dwyer at [email protected].

This position will begin as early as September 1, 2017.

New London Hospital is looking for volunteers and racers for their triathlon Aug 6. What fun!
http://www.newlondonhospital.org/triathlon/index.php

Hospital Days Triathlon This year's 34th Annual Hospital Day Triathlon will be held on Sunday, August 6, 2017. The race starts at 9:00am at Bucklin Beach, at beautiful Little Lake Sunapee. Registration begins at 7:15am at the NH Historical Society. The race consists of a 1/4 mile swim, then onto a 5.7 mile bike and finishi...

The HEAL team has been honored to lead the HEAL Initiative for 9 years. Thanks to all of our supporters, funders, and partners!

http://healnh.org/index.php/newsroom/news/652-a-time-of-change-for-heal-nh

A Time of Change for HEAL NH

The American Hospital Association is hosting a webinar titled "Food Insecurity and the Role of Hospitals". Thursday, July 6, 2017, 12:00 - 1:00 PM. The webinar features innovative practices Arkansas Children's Hospital and ProMedica have implemented to identify and reduce the prevalence of food insecurity in the communities they serve. Visit their website to pre-register:
http://www.hpoe.org/resources/webinars/1233

www.hpoe.org

This Texas hospital has great advice on low-cost healthy menus. Healthy food doesn't have to be expensive!

http://www.parklandhospital.com/phhs/news-and-updates/parkland-experts-offer-advice-for-grocery-shopping-1011.aspx

News & Updates | Parkland Health & Hospital System Healthy meals within reach of most consumers  A nutritious breakfast for $1, dinner for less than $3? No, it’s not a dream. It’s a reality anyone can achieve with just a little education and planning. “There are so many things people can do to spend less money on food and still eat very healthy...

AHA News A new guide from the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust offers hospitals and health systems strategic and evidence-based approaches to reducing food inse...

Parenting NH's 2017 Family Summer Fun Guide Find vacation itineraries, places to go and not-to-miss events happening this summer in New Hampshire.

This local food hub from Monadnock Menus is breaking down the barriers to accessing local food. Learn more!

http://www.sentinelsource.com/monadnock_table/features/a-local-food-hub-grows-monadnock-menus-providing-the-infrastructure/article_b974d14a-4d16-11e7-8723-3f267c7715b3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share

A Local Food Hub Grows: Monadnock Menus Providing the Infrastructure to Make Delivering Local Food Easy One hundred years ago, getting local food on peoples’ plates was just what farms did. They delivered milk, bread, cheese, meat and produce to local markets; or people simply grew

National leaders are spearheading community action to advance health equity. Learn more! June 29 webinar:

http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/features/achieving-health-equity.html?rid=hcSg_BFRR8C3xUpHfM_szJPXLCSFxN1e&et_cid=916804

Achieving Health Equity In a Culture of Health, everyone has the opportunity to live a healthier life, no matter who we are, where we live, or how much money we make. Learn why health equity matters and what you can do to help ensure we all have the basics to be healthy.